CHAPTER 5. Licenses
Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1109.
§§ 12570–12637 · 56 sections
ARTICLE 1. Types of Licenses §§ 12570–12579 · 10 sections
- § 12570 The State Fire Marshal may issue any license described in this part, subject to the regulations which he may adopt not inconsistent with the provisions of this…
- § 12571 A manufacturer’s license shall allow the manufacture of fireworks and other pyrotechnic devices of all types and the sale and transport to licensed wholesalers…
- § 12572 A wholesaler’s license allows the sale and transportation of all types of fireworks to licensed retailers, or retailers operating under a permit, licensed…
- § 12573 An importer’s and exporter’s license shall allow fireworks to be imported into and exported from the state. Import activity shall be limited to the sale of…
- § 12574 A retail sales license allows the retail sale of safe and sane fireworks for private use.
- § 12575 A public display (special) license allows the holding and conducting at various times of public displays of dangerous fireworks at a single location only.
- § 12576 A public display license (general) allows the holding and conducting of public displays of dangerous fireworks at various locations and at various times.
- § 12577 A public display license (limited) allows the performance of a single public display action of a single nature with dangerous fireworks at one location to be…
- § 12578 The State Fire Marshal shall adopt regulations that identify and specify the scope of each class of pyrotechnic operator license. A pyrotechnic operator…
- § 12579 All licensees may transport the class of fireworks for which they hold a valid license as provided in Section 12651.
ARTICLE 2. Issuance, Revocation and Renewal §§ 12580–12608 · 29 sections
- § 12580 The State Fire Marshal may issue and renew licenses for the manufacture, import, export, sale, and use of all fireworks and pyrotechnic devices in this state.
- § 12581 Any person who desires to manufacture, import, export, sell or use fireworks, shall first make written application for a license to the State Fire Marshal on…
- § 12582 The application for a license shall be signed by the applicant. If the application is made by a partnership, it shall be signed by each partner of the…
- § 12583 The authorization to engage in the particular act or acts conferred by a license to a person shall extend to salesmen or other employees of such person who are…
- § 12585 Any applicant may withdraw his application for a license or renewal of a license and the State Fire Marshal may allow the withdrawal when he has determined…
- § 12586 The suspension, expiration, or forfeiture by operation of law of a license issued by the State Fire Marshal, or its suspension, forfeiture, or cancellation by…
- § 12587 A written report by the State Fire Marshal, any of his deputies, or salaried assistants, or by the chief of any city or county fire department or fire…
- § 12588 The State Fire Marshal may deny, without hearing, an application for a license or renewal of a license, if within one year prior to the date of application,…
- § 12589 The application for any license shall become void when any of the following occurs: (a) The State Fire Marshal has notified the applicant to appear for…
- § 12590 The State Fire Marshal may deny or revoke any license issued pursuant to this part if the State Fire Marshal finds any of the following conditions has…
- § 12591 The State Fire Marshal may, upon three days notice, suspend any license for a period not exceeding 30 days pending investigation of any violation of the…
- § 12592 Any applicant who has been denied a license or renewal of a license, or any licensee who has had a license suspended, shall be entitled to a hearing in…
- § 12593 Except where otherwise provided in this part, all hearings under this part shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of…
- § 12594 Reports on fireworks transactions or the payment of license fees or penalties required by this part shall be deemed to have been made or paid at the time they…
- § 12595 Except as otherwise provided in Section 12599, on and after July 1, 1974, the original and annual license fee shall be for the fiscal year beginning July 1 and…
- § 12596 Any person or organization may obtain any license required by this part between January 1, 1974, and June 30, 1974, to be effective for that period only.
- § 12597 Application for renewal of a license shall be made during the license renewal period in the current license year in order to renew a license for the next…
- § 12598 Every licensee who fails to renew his or her license by the time the license expires shall surrender the license to the State Fire Marshal within 10 days after…
- § 12599 A retail license shall authorize a retail sale of safe and sane fireworks within this state only during the period of 12 noon on the 28th of June through 12…
- § 12600 Except as provided in Section 12583, the authority to perform any acts permitted by a license issued under this part shall be limited to the licensee and shall…
- § 12601 Except as provided in Section 12599, any license not renewed in accordance with the provisions of this part shall automatically expire at 12 midnight on June…
- § 12602 A license shall not be required for the retail sale, use, or discharge of agricultural and wildlife fireworks, model rocket motors, or emergency signaling…
- § 12603 No person or employee holding a pyrotechnic license shall be required to obtain a manufacturer’s license to design, assemble, compound, use, discharge,…
- § 12604 Following the revocation or voluntary surrender of a license, or failure to renew his license, any person in lawful possession of lawfully acquired fireworks…
- § 12605 Any person found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this part is not eligible to apply for a new license, apply for a renewal of a license, or take…
- § 12606 Any charges against applicants for a license or against licensees which would be cause for the State Fire Marshal to initiate proceedings for revocation or…
- § 12606.1 (a) If the State Fire Marshal or his or her designee determines that the public interest and public welfare will be adequately served by permitting a person…
- § 12607 The State Fire Marshal may deny the application for a license or the application for renewal of a license filed by any person who has been convicted of a…
- § 12608 The authority to perform those acts conferred upon the employee of a licensee as provided for in Section 12583 may be denied to any person who has been…
ARTICLE 3. Insurance §§ 12610–12611 · 2 sections
- § 12610 Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the law which may require a certificate of insurance as a condition for a permit to hold a general, special, or…
- § 12611 The certificate of insurance shall provide all of the following: (a) That the insurer will not cancel the insured’s coverage without 15 days’ prior written…
ARTICLE 4. Reports §§ 12615–12620 · 6 sections
- § 12615 All licensees, except retailers, shall maintain and make available to the State Fire Marshal full and complete, true, and accurate records showing all…
- § 12616 The licensees shall report any theft or loss of fireworks to the State Fire Marshal within 24 hours after the discovery of theft or loss. The report shall show…
- § 12617 In the event of the theft or loss of any fireworks or pyrotechnic devices, the State Fire Marshal shall notify the fire authorities in the location where the…
- § 12618 Each bill of lading, manifest, and invoice issued to cover the sale and shipment of fireworks shall bear the license number of both the seller or shipper and…
- § 12619 All import and export licensees shall file a notice with the State Fire Marshal prior to the arrival of any class of fireworks subject to the license he holds.…
- § 12620 In addition to the report required under this part, the State Fire Marshal may by regulation require such additional reports from licensees or permittees as…
ARTICLE 5. Fees §§ 12630–12637 · 9 sections
- § 12630 The State Fire Marshal shall establish and collect the original and annual renewal fees for fireworks licenses required by this chapter. The fees shall not…
- § 12631 The original and annual renewal license fee to manufacture, import, export, or wholesale, or any combination thereof, agricultural and wildlife fireworks shall…
- § 12632 The original and annual renewal license fee to manufacture, import, export, or wholesale, or any combination thereof, model rocket motors shall be established…
- § 12633 The original and annual renewal application for registration of each model of emergency signaling devices shall be made to the State Fire Marshal. A…
- § 12634 When a license to manufacture, wholesale, or import and export fireworks has been issued pursuant to Section 12571, 12572, or 12573, respectively, a separate…
- § 12635 All of the moneys collected pursuant to this part shall be deposited in the State Fire Marshal Licensing and Certification Fund established pursuant to Section…
- § 12635.5 (a) A charter city, city, county, fire protection district, or city and county that adopts an ordinance or resolution pursuant to Section 12599 may, through…
- § 12636 Except as otherwise provided by law, the State Fire Marshal shall charge a fee in the amount of five dollars ($5) for each certified copy of any record,…
- § 12637 All fireworks or pyrotechnic devices intended for sale in this state, which are products of nonlicensed manufacturers, shall be examined and classified by the…